Machine for crushing cotton-seed



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J. P, KEETON. MACHINE FOR CRUSHING' COTTON $EED.

110168 803, Patented Dec; 12, 1882.

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MACHINE FOR GRUSHING GOTTON SEED.

No. 268,803. I Patented Dec. 12. 1.882.

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JAMES P. KEETON, OF MORTON, MISSISSIPPI.

MACHINE FOR CRUSHING COTTON-SEED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,803, dated.v December 12, 1882, Application filed August 9, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES P. KEEToN, of Morton, in the county of Scott and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Crushing Cotton-Seed; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.-

My invention relates to machines for crushing cotton-seed, the object being to provide a machine of this character which will be of simple and economical construction and adapted to thoroughly crush the seed to destroy its vitality and render it available as a fertilizer.

The invention consists in the improved construction and combinations ofparts hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a machine constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line a: 00 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a detached view of the feed-roller.

The frame of the machine consists of standards A, upper cross-bars, B, and lower crossbars',.0.

D represents the hopper of the machine, of

I the usual form and supported between one of the end cross-bars B and a bar, E, secured to the side barsB parallel with and near one of the end cross-bars B. A revolving feeder, F, is journaled within the hopper near its lower end, the outer journal of the feeder projecting beyond the hopper and provided with a grooved \vheel,f, to receive a belt, as will be further explained. The feeder F consists of a shaft,

f, provided with radial pins f II B ends are perforated to receive wires J. The feeder thus constructed is light and inexpensive, and operates to thoroughly feed the seed to the rolls below the hopper.

Gr Grepresent the crushing-rolls, both of which are journaled at one end of the machine in hearings of a crossbar, H. The opposite end of the roller G isjournaled in an opposite bar, H, of the frame,and is provided adjacent to said bar H with a driving-wheel, l,adapted to receive a belt and be operated from any suitable source of power. The roll G is thus held stationary in its bearings. The roll G is slightly shorter than the roll G, and is provided at one end with an annular groove, 9, to receive a belt, g, which also passes around the wheelfof the revolving feeder. The op posite end of the roll isjournaled in a bearing of a vertical support, J, pivoted at its lower end to a cross-har,j, connecting the lower bars, 0, of the frame, while its upper end projects through an elongated slot, 1, of a horizontal bar, E, secured to the upper sides of the cross-bars B of the frame, and is pivotally secured between links at 112, secured to the upper end of an operating-lever, M, which latter is fulcrumed on the outer end of the bar E, and is provided at its lower end with a plate or catch, m, adapted to engage a notched plate, m secured to the projecting end of the bar j. By means-of the bar M the roll G may be adjusted to or from the stationary roll G.

N N represent horizontal slats or supports,

secured upon the lower crossbars, 0. Upon these supports are secured scrapers O 0, arranged one under' each of the rolls G G", and adapted to scrape from the rolls any particles which may adhere thereto.

The operation of my improvement will be readily understood. Theseedis pouredinto the hopper, and the revolving feeder discharges it between the rolls, which thoroughly crush the same. rolls into any receptacle provided for it, or onto the floor or ground, as the case may be. The stationary rollG is driven, as above stated, by any suitable power, and communicates mo- The crushed seed will drop below the t tion to the roll G by frictional contact therewith, which latter in turn, by means of the belt 9, revolves the feeder.

The device as thus constructed is of small cost in manufacture and reliable and durable in use.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a machine for crushing cotton-seed, the combination, with a crushing-roll journaled in stationary bearings and having a drivingpulley connected therewith, of an adjustable crushing-roll journaled at one end in a stationary bearing, a support pivoted at one end and having one end of the adjustable roll jourv naled therein, and an operating-lever connected with the free end of said pivoted arm for imparting any desired adjustment to said roll, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two snbscrib- 1o ingwitnesses.

' JAMES POLK KEETON.

Witnesses N. T. LILES,

W. T. HALSELL. 

